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News from IndieWireenen'Quadrophenia' Sequel Filming This Summer, Based On Novel Continuation Of The Who's Filmhttp://www.indiewire.com/article/quadrophenia-sequel-the-who-film-phil-daniels-ray-burdis-20160530
In 1973, English rock group The Who released their second rock opera &quot;Quadrophenia,&quot; which loosely followed the story of &nbsp;young mod named Jimmy and his search for a place in the world. Six years later, Franc Roddam's film adaptation of the album starring Phil Daniels (&quot;Vinyl,&quot; &quot;Chicken Run&quot;) as Jimmy, a kid who falls in with the mod culture only for his life to slowly spiral out of control,&nbsp;was released to mostly positive reviews. The Criterion Collection released a restored Blu-ray of the film featuring an all-new sound mix in 2012. Now, <a class="" href="http://www.nme.com/filmandtv/news/quadrophenia-sequel-to-shoot-this-summer-37-years-/407901" target="_blank" title="Link: http://www.nme.com/filmandtv/news/quadrophenia-sequel-to-shoot-this-summer-37-years-/407901">NME reports</a> that a sequel is set to be filmed this summer, 37 years after the original film's release.<br /><br /><a class="" title="Link: null" href="http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/dardenne-brothers-quadrophenia-andrew-haighs-weekend-lead-august-criterion-collection-releases-20120515" target="_blank">READ MORE:&nbsp;Dardenne Brothers, 'Quadrophenia,' Andrew Haigh's 'Weekend' Lead August Criterion Collection Releases</a><br /><br />The film will be based on the Pete Townshend-approved Peter Meadows book &quot;To Be Someone,&quot; which continued Jimmy's adventures after the events of the film. It's set to be directed by Ray Burdis, who previously produced &quot;The Krays,&quot; a drama based on the real-life exploits of the Kray twins and the London criminal underground. The film will feature returns from original cast members like Daniels and singer Toyah Wilcox, who played Monkey in the original film. Wilcox is quoted as saying that &quot;Quadrophenia&quot; has &quot;never really gone away, as every new generation connects with it,&quot; and that neither the cast or crew &quot;realized the impact it would have at the time.&quot;<br /><br />The &quot;Quadrophenia&quot; sequel is expected to be released sometime next year.<br /><br /><a class="" href="http://www.indiewire.com/article/sundance-documentary-pick-lambert-stamp-acquired-by-sony-pictures-classics" target="_blank" title="Link: http://www.indiewire.com/article/sundance-documentary-pick-lambert-stamp-acquired-by-sony-pictures-classics">READ MORE:&nbsp;'The Who' Documentary 'Lambert &amp; Stamp' Acquired by Sony Pictures Classics</a><br /><br /><a class="" href="http://www.indiewire.com/email" target="_blank">Stay on top of the latest breaking film and TV news! Sign up for our Festivals newsletter here</a>.<br />Mon, 30 May 2016 21:50:13 GMThttp://www.indiewire.com/article/quadrophenia-sequel-the-who-film-phil-daniels-ray-burdis-20160530Vikram Murthi2016-05-30T21:50:13ZDuncan Jones Says His Dad David Bowie Loved 'Warcraft': 'He Was All Excited For Me'Director Duncan Jones' epic fantasy film &quot;Warcraft,&quot; based on the &quot;Warcraft&quot; video game series and novels, will be released this June in the United States, but has already opened across 20 countries including France and Germany ahead of its North American debut. In&nbsp;<a class="" href="http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/05/28/duncan-jones-on-showing-dad-david-bowie-warcraft-he-was-all-excited-for-me-and-happy.html" target="_blank" title="Link: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/05/28/duncan-jones-on-showing-dad-david-bowie-warcraft-he-was-all-excited-for-me-and-happy.html">a lengthy piece for The Daily Beast</a>, Jones opens up about the film's production, his views&nbsp;on fantasy stories, and of course, his father and rock icon David Bowie, who tragically passed away this past January.<br /><br /><a class="" href="http://www.indiewire.com/article/warcraft-reviews-duncan-jones-video-game-movies-20160525" target="_blank" title="Link: http://www.indiewire.com/article/warcraft-reviews-duncan-jones-video-game-movies-20160525">READ MORE:&nbsp;'Warcraft' Review Roundup: Critics Say Game Over To Duncan Jones' MMORPG Adaptation</a><br /><br />Jones informed Daily Beast writer Jen Yamato that he got to share an early cut with Bowie before his death. &quot;You know, for everyone else he was one person. For me, he was my dad,&quot; said the director &quot;And he was always interested in things I was working on.&nbsp;So I showed him what I was working on, and he was all excited for me and happy that I was doing the thing that I enjoyed doing in my life.&quot;<br /><br />Jones also talked about how he's a longtime gamer and that he first played &quot;Warcraft&quot; in college. He said that they &quot;tried to tell a story that was different from, you know, a Tolkien fantasy where the cute creatures and the humans are the good guys and the monsters are the bad guys&quot;; fantasy films &quot;all kind of want to be 'Lord of the Rings'&quot; and Jones &quot;wanted to try and do is broaden out that spectrum of what a fantasy film could be.&quot;<br /><br />Jones previously directed &quot;Moon,&quot; a sci-fi film starring Sam Rockwell as an astronaut who has an existential crisis near the end of his solitary stint on the far side of the moon, and &quot;Source Code,&quot; a sci-fi time-jumping thriller starring Jake Gyllenhaal. Both received positive reviews and were commercial successes.<br /><br />&quot;Warcraft&quot; opens in theaters nationwide on June 10th.<br /><br /><a class="" href="http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/paul-rudd-alexander-skarsgard-to-star-in-duncan-jones-long-gestating-sci-fi-project-mute-20151103" target="_blank" title="Link: http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/paul-rudd-alexander-skarsgard-to-star-in-duncan-jones-long-gestating-sci-fi-project-mute-20151103">READ MORE:&nbsp;Paul Rudd &amp; Alexander Skarsgard To Star In Duncan Jones's Long-Gestating Sci-Fi Project ‘Mute'</a><br /><br /><a class="" title="Link: null" href="http://www.indiewire.com/email" target="_blank">Stay on top of the latest breaking film and TV news! Sign up for our Festivals newsletter here</a>.<br />Mon, 30 May 2016 21:49:20 GMTVikram Murthi2016-05-30T21:49:20ZKate Beckinsale Reveals Michael Bay's Negative Comments About Her Looks While They Promoted 'Pearl Harbor'http://www.indiewire.com/article/kate-beckinsale-michael-bay-negative-comments-appearance-pearl-harbor-20160530
Actress Kate Beckinsale has a busy year ahead of her. She currently stars in Whit Stillman's latest film &quot;Love and Friendship,&quot; based on Jane Austen's epistolary novel &quot;Lady Susan&quot;; her performance has received rapturous reviews from many critics. She's also set to appear in the upcoming horror film &quot;The Disappointments Room&quot; and &quot;Underworld: Blood Wars,&quot; the fifth installment in the &quot;Underworld&quot; franchise. After 25 years in the film industry, Beckinsale has plenty of stories, and not all of them are so pleasant, including her time spent with director Michael Bay on &quot;Pearl Harbor.&quot; In a recent appearance on &quot;The Graham Norton Show,&quot; Beckinsale said that she thinks Bay was &quot;baffled&quot; by her because her &quot;boobs weren't bigger than [her] head&quot; and that she &quot;wasn't blonde.&quot;<br /><br /><a class="" href="http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/sundance-review-whit-stillmans-love-friendship-starring-kate-beckinsale-and-chloe-sevigny-20160124" target="_blank" title="Link: http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/sundance-review-whit-stillmans-love-friendship-starring-kate-beckinsale-and-chloe-sevigny-20160124">READ MORE:&nbsp;Sundance Review: Whit Stillman's 'Love &amp; Friendship' Starring Kate Beckinsale And Chloe Sevigny</a><br /><br />Beckinsale continued by saying that Bale &quot;didn't fit the type of actress [he] had met before&quot; and that he was much more concerned about her looks than her performance. &quot;When we were promoting the film,&quot; she said, &quot;Michael was asked why he had chosen Ben [Afleck] and Josh [Hartnett], and he said, 'I have worked with Ben before and I love him, and Josh is so manly and a wonderful actor.' Then when he was asked about me, he'd say, 'Kate wasn't so attractive that she would alienate the female audience.'&quot; <a title="Link: null" href="http://www.vanityfair.com/style/2016/05/kate-beckinsale-michael-bay" target="_blank" class="">Vanity Fair corroborated</a>&nbsp;Beckinsale's report when they uncovered <a class="" href="http://movieline.com/2001/05/01/michael-bay-bay-watch/" target="_blank">a Movieline interview</a> with Bay back in 2001, saying that he &quot;didn't want someone who was too beautiful&quot; and that &quot;women feel disturbed when they see someone's too pretty.&quot;<br /><br />Michael Bay's latest film was &quot;13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi,&quot; which was released this past January to mixed reviews. &quot;Love and Friendship&quot; is in theaters now.<br /><br /><a class="" title="Link: null" href="http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/michael-bay-explains-why-he-didnt-cast-an-a-list-star-for-13-hours-20150918" target="_blank">READ MORE:&nbsp;Michael Bay Explains Why He Didn't Cast An A-List Star For '13 Hours'</a><br /><br /><a class="" href="http://www.indiewire.com/email" target="_blank" title="Link: http://www.indiewire.com/email">Stay on top of the latest breaking film and TV news! Sign up for our Festivals newsletter here</a>.<br />Mon, 30 May 2016 19:44:36 GMThttp://www.indiewire.com/article/kate-beckinsale-michael-bay-negative-comments-appearance-pearl-harbor-20160530Vikram Murthi2016-05-30T19:44:36Z'Game Of Thrones' Producers On The Secret Behind [Spoiler]'s Shocking Returnhttp://www.indiewire.com/article/game-of-thrones-benjen-stark-return-hbo-bryan-cogman-20160530
Last night on HBO's &quot;Game of Thrones,&quot; a character who hasn't been seen since the first season makes a surprising appearance. Benjen Stark (Joseph Mawle), Ned Stark's brother and former Night's Watch First Ranger, came in from the cold to save Bran Stark (Isaac Hempstead Wright) and Meera (Ellie Kendrick) from the wights. Though he was presumed dead, Benjen explains he was stabbed by a White Walker and left to die, only to be revived with dragonglass by the Children of the Forest. Naturally, his appearance asks more questions than answers, leaving fans of the series to speculate about future events. <a class="" href="http://www.ew.com/article/2016/05/29/game-thrones-coldhands-benjen-stark" target="_blank" title="Link: http://www.ew.com/article/2016/05/29/game-thrones-coldhands-benjen-stark">EW sat down with</a> &quot;Game of Thrones&quot; co-executive producer Bryan Cogman, who also wrote the episode, to expand on the secret behind his return, the reaction to Hodor's demise, the theatre troupe scenes, and more.<br /><br /><a class="" title="Link: null" href="http://www.indiewire.com/article/game-of-thrones-review-season-6-episode-6-blood-of-my-blood-spoilers-recap-edmure-tully-benjen-stark-20160529" target="_blank">READ MORE:&nbsp;Review: 'Game of Thrones' Season 6 Episode 6, 'Blood of My Blood' Is Full of Face-Offs</a><br /><br />Regarding Benjen's return, he says that it's hard for him to talk about it &quot;without getting into the nitty gritty of the adaptation process&quot; but that it's been very heartening to track the Stark reunions with fans. &quot;The show is so sprawling and there are so many threads, but – at it’s heart – it’s largely about this good family that was torn apart,&quot; Cogman says. &quot;So seeing some of them connect again (Jon and Sansa; Benjen and Bran) was very satisfying to write and to shoot.&quot; Cogman also says that it was great to have Mawle back with the cast, even though he's &quot;decidedly not the Benjen of season 1.&quot;<br /><br />Cogman also said that he expected the strong reaction to Hodor's death because &quot;the character is so beloved by the fans&quot; and because &quot;the sequence moves the story and mythology into such a new and mind-bending direction.&quot; As for the theatre troupe scenes, he says he comes &quot;&nbsp;from theater and being able to comment on the show and the reactions to the show through the players were so much fun.&quot; He also says that while the show is accused of being gratuitous, the theater scenes demonstrate they're able to &quot;lovingly spoof ourselves but also play with ideas about how audiences view the show, good and bad, and how a perspective of a story changes.&quot;<br /><br />For more of Cogman's thoughts on the episode, follow the link above. &quot;Game of Thrones&quot; airs at 9pm Eastern on HBO. Episodes are available to stream on HBO Go and HBO Now.<br /><br /><a class="" title="Link: null" href="http://www.indiewire.com/article/emilia-clarke-game-of-thrones-nudity-equality-hbo-stephen-colbert-20160525" target="_blank">READ MORE: Emilia Clarke Calls for 'Game of Thrones' Nudity 'Equality' Between Men &amp; Women</a><br /><br /><a class="" href="http://www.indiewire.com/email" target="_blank" title="Link: http://www.indiewire.com/email">Stay on top of the latest breaking film and TV news! Sign up for our Festivals newsletter here</a>.<br />Mon, 30 May 2016 19:07:22 GMThttp://www.indiewire.com/article/game-of-thrones-benjen-stark-return-hbo-bryan-cogman-20160530Vikram Murthi2016-05-30T19:07:22Z'Doc Savage': Dwayne Johnson Confirms Starring Role In Shane Black's Classic Superhero Filmhttp://www.indiewire.com/article/doc-savage-dwayne-johnson-shane-black-film-20160530
Shane Black's latest buddy crime comedy &quot;The Nice Guys,&quot; starring Ryan Gosling and Russell Crowe, opened to mostly positive reviews, but the screenwriter-turned-director already has his next film lined up. He's set to direct a film adaptation of the Doc Savage character, based on the super-intelligent hero of '30s and '40s pulp novels and later a radio series who was the inspiration for Superman, with a script written by himself,&nbsp;Anthony Bagarozzi, and Charles Mondry. Now, <a class="" href="http://variety.com/2016/film/news/dwayne-johnson-doc-savage-1201785289/" target="_blank">Variety reports</a> that the new &quot;Doc Savage&quot; film has its star: Dwayne &quot;The Rock&quot; Johnson, who confirmed the news on <a class="" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BGCDhYSoh0x/?taken-by=therock&amp;hl=en" target="_blank" title="Link: https://www.instagram.com/p/BGCDhYSoh0x/?taken-by=therock&amp;hl=en">his Instagram account</a>. <br /><br /><a class="" href="http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/dwayne-johnson-is-ready-to-play-in-new-trailer-for-ballers-season-2-20160425" target="_blank" title="Link: http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/dwayne-johnson-is-ready-to-play-in-new-trailer-for-ballers-season-2-20160425">READ MORE:&nbsp;Dwayne Johnson Is Ready To Play In New Trailer For 'Ballers' Season 2</a><br /><br />Johnson describes the character as a &quot;perfect human specimen with a genius level intellect&quot; whose &quot;heightened senses are beyond comprehension,&quot; and says that the number one reason he's excited to play Savage is because he's &quot;A F*CKING HILARIOUS WEIRDO!&quot; Johnson also said that after speaking for hours with Shane Black, he &quot;can see why the creator of Superman took only the best parts of Doc Savage and leaving the 'weirdo' part behind&quot; but &quot;it's that 'weirdo' part that makes Clark 'Doc' Savage dope!&quot;<br /><br />Johnson first rose to prominence as a professional wrestler before moving into acting full time. He's best known for his roles in &quot;The Scorpion King,&quot; &quot;Southland Tales,&quot; &quot;The Other Guys,&quot; the &quot;Fast and the Furious&quot; series, and &quot;San Andreas.&quot; He currently stars in HBO's half-hour comedy series &quot;Ballers.&quot; In the late '80s through the '90s, Shane Black was best known as a screenwriter of such films like &quot;Lethal Weapon,&quot; &quot;The Last Boy Scout,&quot; and &quot;The Long Kiss Goodnight.&quot; He directed his first feature &quot;Kiss Kiss Bang Bang&quot; in 2005, which went on to become a cult favorite and later directed Marvel's &quot;Iron Man 3.&quot; Along with &quot;Doc Savage,&quot; he's also set to direct the new &quot;Predator&quot; sequel.&quot;<br /><br />&quot;Doc Savage&quot; will be co-produced by Johnson under his Seven Bucks Production banner. Production for the film has yet to begin.<br /><br /><a class="" title="Link: null" href="http://www.indiewire.com/article/shane-black-ama-the-predator-present-day-20160519" target="_blank">READ MORE:&nbsp;Shane Black AMA: 'The Predator' Will Be Set in the Present Day, Robert Downey, Jr. Is the Man &amp; More</a><br /><br /><a class="" href="http://www.indiewire.com/email" target="_blank">Stay on top of the latest breaking film and TV news! Sign up for our Festivals newsletter here</a>.<br />Mon, 30 May 2016 18:08:56 GMThttp://www.indiewire.com/article/doc-savage-dwayne-johnson-shane-black-film-20160530Vikram Murthi2016-05-30T18:08:56ZDan Aykroyd Praises 'Brilliant' 'Ghostbusters' Reboot: It Has 'More Laughs...Than The First 2 Films'Though Paul Feig's latest &quot;Ghostbusters&quot; film has yet to be released to a wide audience, the film has received <a class="" href="http://www.indiewire.com/article/ghostbusters-reboot-backlash-melissa-mccarthy-slams-trolls-20160529" target="_blank" title="Link: http://www.indiewire.com/article/ghostbusters-reboot-backlash-melissa-mccarthy-slams-trolls-20160529">considerable backlash</a> from <a class="" href="http://www.indiewire.com/article/ghostbusters-reboot-2016-youtube-critic-cinemassacre-dumb-reasons-20160518" target="_blank" title="Link: http://www.indiewire.com/article/ghostbusters-reboot-2016-youtube-critic-cinemassacre-dumb-reasons-20160518">fans of the original</a>&nbsp;for reasons ranging from, &quot;This trailer sucks!&quot; to &quot;Its existence ruins the integrity of the franchise!&quot; to &quot;This trailer sucks!&quot; and so on and so forth. But&nbsp;last night, actor Dan Aykroyd, star and co-writer of the original &quot;Ghostbusters,&quot; saw a test screening of the new &quot;Ghostbusters&quot; film and loved it, judging by <a class="" href="https://www.facebook.com/DanAykroyd/posts/1064544476945042" target="_blank" title="Link: https://www.facebook.com/DanAykroyd/posts/1064544476945042">his effusive Facebook status</a>. He says that &quot;apart from the brilliant, genuine performances from the cast both female and male,&quot; it apparently has &quot;more laughs and more scares than the first 2 films,&quot; plus &quot;Bill Murray is in it!&quot; He concludes his status by saying &quot;As one of millions of man-fans and Ray Stantz, I'm paying to see that and bringing all my friends!&quot;<br /><br /><a class="" href="http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/dan-aykroyd-still-wants-to-make-a-conventional-ghostbusters-sequel-but-down-with-female-gang-20150220" target="_blank" title="Link: http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/dan-aykroyd-still-wants-to-make-a-conventional-ghostbusters-sequel-but-down-with-female-gang-20150220">READ MORE:&nbsp;Dan Aykroyd Still Wants To Make A “Conventional” 'Ghostbusters' Sequel, But Is Still Down With Female Gang</a><br /><br />Best known for his work on &quot;Saturday Night Live&quot; and the &quot;Blues Brothers&quot; film along with &quot;Ghostbusters,&quot; Aykroyd has worked in film and television for over fifty years. He has won two Emmys for his work on &quot;Saturday Night Live&quot; and was nominated for an Oscar in 1989 for his performance as Boolie Werthan in &quot;Driving Miss Daisy.&quot; Aykroyd makes a cameo appearance in the new &quot;Ghostbusters.&quot;<br /><br />The new &quot;Ghostbusters&quot; will be released into theaters nationwide on July 15th.<br /><br /><a class="" title="Link: null" href="http://www.indiewire.com/article/ghostbusters-trailer-every-frame-a-painting-tony-zhou-comedy-editing-paul-feig" target="_blank">READ MORE:&nbsp;'Ghostbusters' Trailer Review: Every Frame A Painting’s Tony Zhou Analyzes Comedy Editing</a><br /><br /><a class="" href="http://www.indiewire.com/email" target="_blank">Stay on top of the latest breaking film and TV news! Sign up for our Festivals newsletter here</a>.<img class="ajT" src="https://ssl.gstatic.com/ui/v1/icons/mail/images/cleardot.gif" />Mon, 30 May 2016 14:37:12 GMTVikram Murthi2016-05-30T14:37:12ZJeremy Irons Knocks 'Batman v Superman': It's 'Overstuffed' & 'Very Muddled'http://www.indiewire.com/article/jeremy-irons-criticized-batman-v-superman-dc-comics-justice-league-20160529
<span id="docs-internal-guid-9a54da6b-fe7f-0e51-4a07-fbb12aae8c86">Jeremy Irons may be returning for the next &quot;Batman&quot; movie, but that doesn't mean the current Alfred is any more enamored of &quot;Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice&quot; than most others. Asked about its bad reviews in the <i><a class="" href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/event/article-3611038/Batman-v-Superman-Dawn-Justice-star-Jeremy-Irons-new-life-semi-retired-actor.html" target="_blank" title="Link: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/event/article-3611038/Batman-v-Superman-Dawn-Justice-star-Jeremy-Irons-new-life-semi-retired-actor.html">Daily Mail</a></i>, the actor responded, &quot;Deservedly so. I mean it took &pound;800 million, so the kicking didn’t matter but it was sort of overstuffed ... It was very muddled. I think the next one will be simpler. The script is certainly a lot smaller, it’s more linear.&quot;<br /><br class="kix-line-break" /><a href="http://www.indiewire.com/article/justice-league-cast-jeremy-irons-to-reprise-batman-v-superman-role-alfred-20160501" title="Link: http://www.indiewire.com/article/justice-league-cast-jeremy-irons-to-reprise-batman-v-superman-role-alfred-20160501" target="_blank">READ MORE: Jeremy Irons Will Be in 'Justice League' Movies, Reprising Alfred Role From 'Batman v Superman'<br class="kix-line-break" /></a><br />Though it did indeed make more than $800 million at the worldwide box office, &quot;Dawn of Justice&quot; has been perceived as a disappointing entry in the fledgling DC Comics Extended Universe — an attempt at recreating Marvel's success with the likes of Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman and other superheros exclusive to DC. Irons doesn't perceive his character's role as merely a butler: &quot;If I was Mr and Mrs Wayne and I had a young son I thought could be kidnapped, killed or whatever because of his wealth,&quot; he continues, &quot;I’d make sure his guardian — his tutor, his mate — was somebody pretty capable.&quot;<br /><br /><a href="http://www.indiewire.com/article/heres-the-problem-with-batman-v-superman-dawn-of-justice-review-20160322" title="Link: http://www.indiewire.com/article/heres-the-problem-with-batman-v-superman-dawn-of-justice-review-20160322" target="_blank">READ MORE: Here's the Problem With 'Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice' (Review)</a><br /><br />He doesn't see this changing anytime soon, either: “I’m tied into The Batman at the minute, which is nice because it’s a bit of income…Not that I need a bit of income but it’s nice to keep ticking over.&quot;<br /><br /><i>Watch the film's trailer:</i><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.indiewire.com/email" title="Link: http://www.indiewire.com/email" target="_blank">Stay on top of the latest breaking film and TV news! Sign up for our Festivals newsletter here.</a></span><br />Sun, 29 May 2016 22:23:16 GMThttp://www.indiewire.com/article/jeremy-irons-criticized-batman-v-superman-dc-comics-justice-league-20160529Michael Nordine2016-05-29T22:23:16ZKeira Knightley's Acting Criticized by Her 'Begin Again' Director John Carneyhttp://www.indiewire.com/article/keira-knightley-criticized-john-carney-begin-again-sing-street-20160529
<span id="docs-internal-guid-9a54da6b-fe40-2fb4-782a-ca47ff3026a3">John Carney, who recently expanded his narrative horizons with the musical dramedy &quot;Sing Street,&quot; has some unkind words for a former collaborator: &quot;I learned that I’ll never make a film with supermodels again,” the writer/director said to <a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/john-carney-i-ll-never-make-a-film-with-supermodels-again-once-sing-street-interview-keira-knightley-a7053076.html" title="Link: http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/john-carney-i-ll-never-make-a-film-with-supermodels-again-once-sing-street-interview-keira-knightley-a7053076.html" target="_blank">The Independent</a> about Keira Knightley, who starred in his musical dramedy &quot;Begin Again.&quot; &quot;Keira’s thing is to hide who you are and I don’t think you can be an actor and do that.&quot;<br /><br /><a href="http://www.indiewire.com/article/watch-vanity-fair-short-film-stars-dozens-of-acclaimed-brits-including-keira-knightley-and-benedict-cumberbatch-20150204" title="Link: http://www.indiewire.com/article/watch-vanity-fair-short-film-stars-dozens-of-acclaimed-brits-including-keira-knightley-and-benedict-cumberbatch-20150204" target="_blank">READ MORE: Watch: Vanity Fair Short Film Stars Dozens of Acclaimed Brits, Including Keira Knightley and Benedict Cumberbatch</a><br /><br />&quot;It’s not like I hate the Hollywood thing, but I like to work with curious, proper film actors as opposed to movie stars,&quot; continued the filmmaker. &quot;I don’t want to rubbish Keira, but you know it’s hard being a film actor and it requires a certain level of honesty and self-analysis that I don’t think she’s ready for yet and I certainly don’t think she was ready for on that film.&quot; Knightley — whose best-known performances include her roles in &quot;Pirates of the Caribbean,&quot; &quot;Pride &amp; Prejudice&quot; and &quot;Atonement&quot; — has been nominated for two Academy Awards, three Golden Globes, two BAFTAs and two SAG awards.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.indiewire.com/article/keira-knightley-on-faking-her-way-through-the-imitation-game-and-getting-loose-for-laggies-20150120" title="Link: http://www.indiewire.com/article/keira-knightley-on-faking-her-way-through-the-imitation-game-and-getting-loose-for-laggies-20150120" target="_blank">READ MORE: Keira Knightley on Faking Her Way Through 'The Imitation Game' and Getting Loose for 'Laggies'<br class="kix-line-break" /></a><br />Carney, who first came to international attention for his musical dramedy &quot;Once,&quot; appears to be on a different page than David Cronenberg, who directed Knightley in &quot;A Dangerous Method.&quot; In an interview with <a href="http://www.filmcomment.com/blog/david-cronenberg-interviewed/" title="Link: http://www.filmcomment.com/blog/david-cronenberg-interviewed/" target="_blank">Film Comment</a>, Cronenberg called the actress &quot;fantastic. She needed very few takes. We were all just awestruck...She would do these amazing things, which leads me to say that she’s among the best actresses I’ve ever worked with, and I’ve worked with the best.&quot;<br /><br /><i>For more, watch the &quot;Imitation Game&quot; trailer:</i><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.indiewire.com/email" target="_blank" title="Link: http://www.indiewire.com/email">Stay on top of the latest breaking film and TV news! Sign up for our Festivals newsletter here.</a></span><br />Sun, 29 May 2016 20:48:10 GMThttp://www.indiewire.com/article/keira-knightley-criticized-john-carney-begin-again-sing-street-20160529Michael Nordine2016-05-29T20:48:10Z'Big Trouble in Little China' Vintage Featurette: Go Behind the Scenes of the Classic With Kurt Russellhttp://www.indiewire.com/article/big-trouble-in-little-china-behind-the-scenes-kurt-russell-john-carpenter-20160529
<center><iframe width="420" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ssIuI7PYU90" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></center><br /><span id="docs-internal-guid-9a54da6b-fe15-6cc5-e2c7-2ea16e1520e8">It's a rare, happy time when John Carpenter is in the news as he has been lately. The genre hero, who recently announced that he'll going on tour performing some of his best-known theme songs this summer, is also producing the next &quot;Halloween&quot; sequel — his first direct involvement with the slasher franchise he created in many moons. Ahead of its remake starring Dwayne Johnson, avail yourself of this vintage &quot;Big Trouble in Little China&quot; featurette on the making of the cult classic.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.indiewire.com/article/john-carpenter-calls-friday-the-13th-cheap-halloween-director-20160528" title="Link: http://www.indiewire.com/article/john-carpenter-calls-friday-the-13th-cheap-halloween-director-20160528">READ MORE: John Carpenter Slams The Original 'Friday The 13th': It 'Doesn’t Rise Above its Cheapness'<br class="kix-line-break" /></a><br />One of Carpenter's many collaborations with Kurt Russell — others include &quot;The Thing, &quot;Escape from New York&quot; and &quot;Elvis&quot; — &quot;Big Trouble&quot; is an entertainingly bizarre blend of martial arts, the supernatural and '80s action. Made for TV at what looks to be the time of &quot;Big Trouble's&quot; theatrical release in 1986, the spot features interviews with both director and star; Carpenter describes the film as an &quot;action/adventure/comedy/kung-fu/ ghost story/monster movie — everything you can imagine...what we do with the audience is start them in reality and slowly take them into the fantasy.&quot;<br /><br /><a href="http://www.indiewire.com/article/halloween-movie-john-carpenter-producing-sequel-20160524" title="Link: http://www.indiewire.com/article/halloween-movie-john-carpenter-producing-sequel-20160524">READ MORE: 'Halloween': John Carpenter to Produce 11th Film, the 'Scariest of Them All'</a><br /><br />Co-stars Dennis Dun, Kim Cattrall and James Hong all give their two cents as well. All are enthusiastic about &quot;Big Trouble in Little China,&quot; though none seem capable of anticipating the life it would eventually take on. &quot;You'll get your $5 worth,&quot; Russell says near the end — oh, how times have changed.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.indiewire.com/email" title="Link: http://www.indiewire.com/email">Stay on top of the latest breaking film and TV news! Sign up for our Festivals newsletter here.</a><br /><br /></span>Sun, 29 May 2016 19:59:39 GMThttp://www.indiewire.com/article/big-trouble-in-little-china-behind-the-scenes-kurt-russell-john-carpenter-20160529Michael Nordine2016-05-29T19:59:39Z'Me Before You' Review Roundup: Critics Split Over Emilia Clarke's New Tearjerkerhttp://www.indiewire.com/article/me-before-you-reviews-emilia-clarke--tearjerker-20160529
<span id="docs-internal-guid-9a54da6b-fde4-5b69-258a-00b722e9cb39">Emilia Clarke ventures beyond Westeros for another silver-screen venture in &quot;Me Before You,&quot; but Khaleesi's latest film isn't garnering much more favorable reviews than last summer's &quot;Terminator: Genisys.&quot; The first round of reactions could be generously described as mixed, with most critics not taking especially well to Thea Sharrock's tearjerker. &nbsp;&nbsp;<br /><br /><a href="http://www.indiewire.com/article/me-before-you-disability-advocates-controversy-sam-claflin-emilia-clarke-spoiler-20160526" title="Link: http://www.indiewire.com/article/me-before-you-disability-advocates-controversy-sam-claflin-emilia-clarke-spoiler-20160526" target="_blank">READ MORE: 'Me Before You' Criticized by Advocates Over Portrayal of a Disabled Character</a><br /><br />&quot;Imagine 'The Intouchables' with more romance and less chemistry, crossbred with a far tamer version of 'Pretty Woman' so lacking in eroticism that its PG-13 rating seems unduly harsh,&quot; begins Variety's <a href="http://variety.com/2016/film/reviews/film-review-me-before-you-emilia-clarke-sam-claflin-1201781601/" title="Link: http://variety.com/2016/film/reviews/film-review-me-before-you-emilia-clarke-sam-claflin-1201781601/" target="_blank">Andrew Barker</a>, &quot;and you’re halfway toward picturing Thea Sharrock’s 'Me Before You.'&quot; He goes on to call the film a &quot;melodrama with soft-rock ballads where its beating heart should be.&quot;<br /><br /><a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/me-before-you-film-review-896289" title="Link: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/me-before-you-film-review-896289" target="_blank">Sheri Linden</a> is similarly unimpressed, writing in The Hollywood Reporter that &quot;far too much of this high-gloss tearjerker proceeds as a by-the-numbers romantic fantasy, nudging the viewer every step of the way.&quot; Though teens and viewers who haven't seen this type of story play out onscreen time and again will be most won over by &quot;Me Before You,&quot; she continues, &quot;all-ages fans of the book and of cryfests like 'The Fault in Our Stars' (whose screenwriters had at one point been tapped for the adaptation) will be eagerly getting out their handkerchiefs.&quot;<br /><br />&quot;There’s nothing like a good tear-jerker — and 'Me Before You' is nothing like a good tear-jerker.&quot; That's the first line of <a href="http://www.thewrap.com/me-before-you-review/" title="Link: http://www.thewrap.com/me-before-you-review/" target="_blank">Alonso Duralde</a>'s cutting review for&nbsp;The Wrap, which also calls this adaptation of Jojo Moyes' best-selling novel &quot;the kind of movie that can’t even get its shameless audience-pandering in order.&quot;<br /><br /><a href="http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/watch-new-extended-trailer-for-me-before-you-starring-emilia-clarke-and-sam-claflin-20160429" title="Link: http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/watch-new-extended-trailer-for-me-before-you-starring-emilia-clarke-and-sam-claflin-20160429" target="_blank">READ MORE: Watch: New Extended Trailer For 'Me Before You' Starring Emilia Clarke And Sam Claflin</a><br /><br />&quot;Resistance to this delirious romantic tragedy is futile,&quot; writes Charles Gant of <a class="" href="http://www.screendaily.com/reviews/me-before-you-review/5103502.article" target="_blank" title="Link: http://www.screendaily.com/reviews/me-before-you-review/5103502.article">Screen International in a m</a>ore positive take, &quot;save for that nagging voice in our head wondering if it really has to be this way.&quot; <a href="http://www.ew.com/article/2016/05/24/me-before-you-ew-review" title="Link: http://www.ew.com/article/2016/05/24/me-before-you-ew-review" target="_blank">Chris Nashawaty</a> feels similarly, writing in Entertainment Weekly that &quot;It may not quite rise to the level of a classic three-hankie tearjerker, but it's proof that sometimes one or two hankies is more than enough to get the job done.<br /><br /><i>Watch the film's trailer:</i><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.indiewire.com/email">Stay on top of the latest breaking film and TV news! Sign up for our Festivals newsletter here.</a></span><br />Sun, 29 May 2016 19:09:41 GMThttp://www.indiewire.com/article/me-before-you-reviews-emilia-clarke--tearjerker-20160529Michael Nordine2016-05-29T19:09:41Z'Ghostbusters' Reboot Backlash: Melissa McCarthy Slams Trolls, Saying They Need to 'Find a Friend'http://www.indiewire.com/article/ghostbusters-reboot-backlash-melissa-mccarthy-slams-trolls-20160529
<span id="docs-internal-guid-9a54da6b-fdbe-f23c-c3d9-c3af49f950f2">This summer's female-led &quot;Ghostbusters&quot; reboot has proven controversial among certain fans, with <a class="" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3ugHP-yZXw" target="_blank">its trailer</a> garnering more &quot;dislikes&quot; on YouTube than any other in history. Asked about this outrage in a new <a class="" href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/may/28/melissa-mccarthy-love-woman-doesnt-play-rules-ghostbusters" target="_blank" title="Link: https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/may/28/melissa-mccarthy-love-woman-doesnt-play-rules-ghostbusters">Guardian interv</a>iew, star Melissa McCarthy seems unbothered: &quot;All those comments — 'You’re ruining my childhood'’ I mean, really,” she says. &quot;Four women doing any movie on earth will destroy your childhood?&quot;<br /><br /><a href="http://www.indiewire.com/article/ghosbusters-reboot-paul-feig-female-cast-critics-melissa-mccarthy-kristen-wiig" title="Link: http://www.indiewire.com/article/ghosbusters-reboot-paul-feig-female-cast-critics-melissa-mccarthy-kristen-wiig" target="_blank">READ MORE: 'Ghostbusters': Paul Feig Defends Female-Fronted Reboot Against Internet 'A**holes'</a><br /><br />&quot;I have a visual of those people not having a Ben [Falcone, her husband], not having friends,&quot; the actress continues, &quot;so they’re just sitting there and spewing hate into this fake world of the internet. I just hope they find a friend.&quot; The backlash is perceived by many as being fueled by sexism, as other reboots of '80s movies haven't faced the same degree of criticism well in advance of their theatrical release.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.indiewire.com/article/ghostbusters-reboot-2016-youtube-critic-cinemassacre-dumb-reasons-20160518" title="Link: http://www.indiewire.com/article/ghostbusters-reboot-2016-youtube-critic-cinemassacre-dumb-reasons-20160518" target="_blank">READ MORE: 'Ghostbusters' Reboot: Cinemassacre YouTube Critic Refuses To See The Film For Dumb Reasons<br class="kix-line-break" /></a><br />Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon, Leslie Jones, and Chris Hemsworth co-star alongside McCarthy in the film, which is directed by Paul Feig. It marks his fourth consecutive collaboration with the actress, following &quot;Bridesmaids&quot; (which netted her an Oscar nomination), &quot;The Heat&quot; and &quot;Spy.&quot; &quot;Ghostbusters&quot; hits theaters on July 15.<br /><br /><i>Watch the trailer for &quot;Spy&quot;:</i><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.indiewire.com/email" target="_blank">Stay on top of the latest breaking film and TV news! Sign up for our Festivals newsletter here.</a></span><br />Sun, 29 May 2016 18:37:23 GMThttp://www.indiewire.com/article/ghostbusters-reboot-backlash-melissa-mccarthy-slams-trolls-20160529Michael Nordine2016-05-29T18:37:23ZBest of the Week: from Cannes Awards to Weekend Box Officehttp://blogs.indiewire.com/thompsononhollywood/best-of-the-week-from-cannes-awards-to-weekend-box-office-20160529
<br /><a class="" href="http://www.indiewire.com/article/box-office-specialty-arthouse-audit-openers-love-friendship-the-lobster-maggies-plan-20160529" title="Link: http://www.indiewire.com/article/box-office-specialty-arthouse-audit-openers-love-friendship-the-lobster-maggies-plan-20160529">Arthouse Audit: Openers Struggle as 'Love &amp; Friendship' and 'The Lobster' Flourish</a><br /><br /><a class="" href="http://www.indiewire.com/article/box-office-x-men-apocalypse-alice-through-the-looking-glass-disney-sequel-preview-20160526" title="Link: http://www.indiewire.com/article/box-office-x-men-apocalypse-alice-through-the-looking-glass-disney-sequel-preview-20160526">Box Office Preview: 'X-Men: Apocalypse' Set to Crush 'Alice' Sequel</a><br /><br /><a class="" href="http://www.indiewire.com/article/cannes-impact-oscars-box%20office-lessons-screen-talk-podcast" title="Link: http://www.indiewire.com/article/cannes-impact-oscars-box%20office-lessons-screen-talk-podcast">Screen Talk: How the Cannes Festival Will Impact the Rest of the Year</a><br /><br /><a class="" href="http://www.indiewire.com/article/forgive-mel-gibson-woody-allen-art-artist-cafe-society-blood-father" title="Link: http://www.indiewire.com/article/forgive-mel-gibson-woody-allen-art-artist-cafe-society-blood-father">Woody Allen, Mel Gibson, and More Maligned Auteurs: Should We Forgive Them?&nbsp;</a><br /><br /><a class="" title="Link: null" href="http://www.indiewire.com/article/paul-verhoevens-elle-and-tom-fords-nocturnal-animals-get-oscar-friendly-release-dates-20160527">Paul Verhoeven's 'Elle' and Tom Ford's 'Nocturnal Animals' Get Oscar-Friendly Release Dates</a><br /><br /><a class="" title="Link: null" href="http://www.indiewire.com/article/cannes-films-ranked-box-office-oscar-prospects-loving-neon-demon-20160525">The 12 Hottest Box Office Prospects Coming Out of Cannes</a><br /><br /><a class="" title="Link: null" href="http://www.indiewire.com/article/how-homeland-star-miranda-otto-dug-into-the-juiciest-womens-role-on-television-emmy-video-20160523">How Miranda Otto Dug Into the Juiciest Women's Role on Television&nbsp;</a><br /><br /><a class="" href="http://www.indiewire.com/article/cannes-awards-wrap-george-miller-jury-winners-mads-mikkelsen-20160522">How George Miller's Competition Jury Picked the Cannes Winners —and Losers</a><br /><br />Sun, 29 May 2016 18:32:03 GMThttp://blogs.indiewire.com/thompsononhollywood/best-of-the-week-from-cannes-awards-to-weekend-box-office-20160529Anne Thompson2016-05-29T18:32:03Z'Finding Dory:' New Trailer Hints at Disney•Pixar's First Lesbian Couplehttp://www.indiewire.com/article/finding-dory-trailer-disney-pixar-lesbian-couple-20160529
<center><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/NQu-153MnGQ" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></center><br /><span id="docs-internal-guid-9a54da6b-fd8c-f765-ae18-d3d61486e4a8">Pixar is currently in sequel mode, with four of its next five projects continuing existing series rather than beginning new ones. The first of these, next month's &quot;Finding Dory,&quot; may also be the most anticipated: &quot;Finding Nemo&quot; has been among the studio's most beloved projects since it was first released in 2003. Its newest trailer suggests that it may also be the most progressive, with one scene hinting at the first lesbian couple in Disney•Pixar history.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.indiewire.com/article/cinemacon-disney-pixar-lucasfilm-star-wars-rogue-one-finding-dory-doctor-strange-marvel-labels-20160413" title="Link: http://www.indiewire.com/article/cinemacon-disney-pixar-lucasfilm-star-wars-rogue-one-finding-dory-doctor-strange-marvel-labels-20160413" target="_blank">READ MORE: Disney Shows 27 Minutes of 'Finding Dory' -- And Other Reasons Why Rivals Are Jealous</a><br /><br />In a blink-and-you'll-miss-it moment just over one minute into the new trailer, a toddler drops her sippy cup after being knocked over by a stroller. One of two women walking in front of the little girl picks up the cup and says, &quot;Poor baby, let me get that for you.&quot; Observant viewers immediately picked up on the brief scene, which follows on the heels of social-media campaigns to feature more LGBT characters in tentpole movies: <a class="" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GiveElsaAGirlfriend" target="_blank">#GiveElsaAGirlfriend</a> advocated for the Disney princess to have a female love interest in the next &quot;Frozen&quot; movie, while <a class="" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GiveCaptainAmericaABoyfriend" target="_blank" title="Link: https://twitter.com/hashtag/GiveCaptainAmericaABoyfriend">#GiveCaptainAmericaABoyfriend</a>&nbsp;proponents are hopeful that Cap will finally get over Peggy Carter.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.indiewire.com/article/finding-dory-preview-andrew-stanton-ellen-degeneres-finding-nemo-sequel-20160407" title="Link: http://www.indiewire.com/article/finding-dory-preview-andrew-stanton-ellen-degeneres-finding-nemo-sequel-20160407" target="_blank">READ MORE: 'Finding Dory' Preview: How Andrew Stanton Found Ellen DeGeneres' Forgetful Blue Tang</a><br /><br />&quot;Finding Dory&quot; is directed by Andrew Stanton and features the voice talents of Ellen DeGeneres in the title role as well as Albert Brooks, Hayden Rolence, Diane Keaton, Eugene Levy, Willem Dafoe, Idris Elba and others. Disney will release it on June 17.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.indiewire.com/email" title="Link: http://www.indiewire.com/email" target="_blank">Stay on top of the latest breaking film and TV news! Sign up for our Festivals newsletter here.</a></span><br />Sun, 29 May 2016 17:36:46 GMThttp://www.indiewire.com/article/finding-dory-trailer-disney-pixar-lesbian-couple-20160529Michael Nordine2016-05-29T17:36:46Z'Kung Fury II' Teased by Writer, Director & Star David Sandberghttp://www.indiewire.com/article/kung-fury-sequel-david-sandberg-20160529
<center><iframe class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" id="instagram-embed-0" src="https://www.instagram.com/p/BF9zkdeE3AM/embed/?v=7" allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" height="372" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-0" scrolling="no"></iframe> <script async="" defer="" src="//platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js"></script></center><br /><span id="docs-internal-guid-9a54da6b-fd6f-3fa3-67ac-7e87ff702827">&quot;Kung Fury,&quot; an over-the-top martial-arts film made in the style of '80s action movies, was released on May 22, 2015. If that date doesn't seem especially significant to you, it certainly does to writer/director/star David Sandberg — the filmmaker commemorated the one-year anniversary of his crowdfunded experiment with an <a class="" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BF9zkdeE3AM/" target="_blank">Instagram</a> post strongly implying a sequel is on the way. &quot;Today, Kung Fury turns 1... Today, the future is written... Stay tuned #happykungfuryday,&quot; Sandberg wrote.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.indiewire.com/article/watch-kung-fury-short-will-make-your-brain-explode-with-80s-nostalgia-20150529" title="Link: http://www.indiewire.com/article/watch-kung-fury-short-will-make-your-brain-explode-with-80s-nostalgia-20150529" target="_blank">READ MORE: Watch: 'Kung Fury' Short Will Make Your Brain Explode With '80s Nostalgia</a><br /><br />With visuals reminiscent of both a worn VHS tape and old arcade game, &quot;Kung Fury&quot; pits its hero against the worst criminal of all time: Adolf Hitler, AKA Kung F&uuml;hrer. Sandberg originally sought $200,000 on Kickstarter to fund the project but ended up more than tripling that goal with $630,019 in donations — enough to hire David Hasselhoff to make a cameo. The 30-minute film premiered in the Directors' Fortnight section of the Cannes Film Festival and currently has almost 25 million views on YouTube.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.indiewire.com/article/martial-arts-masterpieces-old-school-kung-fu-film-fest-20160407" title="Link: http://www.indiewire.com/article/martial-arts-masterpieces-old-school-kung-fu-film-fest-20160407" target="_blank">READ MORE: 5 Martial Arts Masterpieces to See at the Old School Kung Fu Film Fest</a><br /><br />No other details about the sequel are known at this time, though it's likely that &quot;Kung Fury&quot; has built up enough of an audience to successfully crowdfund this follow-up — potentially as a feature-length film.<br /><br /><i>Watch the trailer for &quot;A Touch of Zen&quot;:<br /></i><br /><br /><a href="http://www.indiewire.com/email" title="Link: http://www.indiewire.com/email" target="_blank">Stay on top of the latest breaking film and TV news! Sign up for our Festivals newsletter here.</a></span><br />Sun, 29 May 2016 17:01:09 GMThttp://www.indiewire.com/article/kung-fury-sequel-david-sandberg-20160529Michael Nordine2016-05-29T17:01:09ZStudio Ghibli Veteran Animator Makiko Futaki Dies at 57http://www.indiewire.com/article/studio-ghibli-animator-makiko-futaki-spirited-away-20160529
<span id="docs-internal-guid-9a54da6b-fd57-21fa-4a24-88df38ed5716">The animation world has lost a prodigious talent with the death of Makiko Futaki, a longtime Studio Ghibli animator who passed away on May 13 after an unspecified illness. Futaki collaborated on every one of Hayao Miyazaki's films, several of which are regarded as high-water marks of the entire genre: &quot;My Neighbor Totoro,&quot; &quot;Princess Mononoke,&quot; &quot;Spirited Away&quot; and many others. Futaki was 57 at the time of her passing.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.indiewire.com/article/the-red-turtle-trailer-studio-ghibli-cannes-2016-michael-dudok-de-wit" title="Link: http://www.indiewire.com/article/the-red-turtle-trailer-studio-ghibli-cannes-2016-michael-dudok-de-wit" target="_blank">READ MORE: 'The Red Turtle' Trailer: Studio Ghibli Returns With A Mesmerizing Silent Film<br class="kix-line-break" /></a><br />In addition to her work at Ghibli, which has been among the world's most foremost animation studios for decades, Futaki also served as key animator on 1988's &quot;Akira.&quot; Katsuhiro Otomo's dystopian sci-fi anime is likewise considered among the best of its kind ever made. Futaki held the same credit on such films as &quot;Howl's Moving Castle,&quot; &quot;From Up on Poppy Hill&quot; and &quot;The Wind Rises.&quot; <br /><br /><a href="http://www.indiewire.com/article/watch-a-feminist-guide-to-the-kick-ass-women-of-studio-ghibli-20160105" title="Link: http://www.indiewire.com/article/watch-a-feminist-guide-to-the-kick-ass-women-of-studio-ghibli-20160105" target="_blank">READ MORE: Watch: A Feminist Guide to the Kick-Ass Women of Studio Ghibli</a><br /><br />Futaki was born on June 19, 1958 and began her career at the Private Animation Festival with cine-calligraphy films. She first worked with Ghibli in 1981 and remained active with the studio for the rest of her life.<br /><br /><i>Watch the trailer from &quot;When Marnie Was There,&quot; Futaki's final film:<br /></i><br /><br /><a href="http://www.indiewire.com/email" title="Link: http://www.indiewire.com/email" target="_blank">Stay on top of the latest breaking film and TV news! Sign up for our Festivals newsletter here.</a><br /><br /></span>Sun, 29 May 2016 16:35:01 GMThttp://www.indiewire.com/article/studio-ghibli-animator-makiko-futaki-spirited-away-20160529Michael Nordine2016-05-29T16:35:01ZSam Mendes Is Done Directing James Bond Films, Says 'It's Time For Somebody Else'http://www.indiewire.com/article/sam-mendes-not-directing-next-james-bond-movie-20160528
<span class="s1">Sam Mendes has confirmed that he will not direct the next installment in the James Bond movie franchise. The director revealed the news at the Hay Festival of Literature in Wales, the <a class="" href="http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/sam-mendes-time-james-bond-director-39452865" target="_blank">Associated Press</a> reports.</span><br /><br /> <span class="s1">&quot;It was an incredible adventure, I loved every second of it,&quot; Mendes said. &quot;But I think it's time for somebody else.&quot;&nbsp;</span><br /><br /> <span class="s1">The helmer had worked on the spy franchise for five years now, stating that he hoped the next Bond director would come from an &quot;unexpected direction,&quot; just as he had. Mendes also expressed his desire to work on something new stating: &quot;I'm a storyteller. And at the end of the day, I want to make stories with new characters.&quot;</span><br /><br /> <span class="s1"><a class="" href="http://www.indiewire.com/article/james-bond-tom-hiddleston-talks-daniel-craig-20160527" target="_blank" title="Link: http://www.indiewire.com/article/james-bond-tom-hiddleston-talks-daniel-craig-20160527">READ MORE: Tom Hiddleston In Talks To Be New James Bond -- Report</a></span><br /><br /> <span class="s1">The &quot;American Beauty&quot; helmer first jumped on board the 007 franchise when he directed &quot;Skyfall&quot; in 2012. The film was praised for bringing new depth to the characters and was a box-office hit. &quot;Spectre&quot; (2015) on the other hand received mixed reviews, with some critics saying it was the same thing they've seen before.&nbsp;</span><br /><br /> <span class="s1">At this time it is unknown if Daniel Craig will reprise his role of Bond for a fifth time. Rumors have been circulating that <a class="" href="http://www.indiewire.com/article/james-bond-tom-hiddleston-talks-daniel-craig-20160527" target="_blank" title="Link: http://www.indiewire.com/article/james-bond-tom-hiddleston-talks-daniel-craig-20160527">Tom Hiddleston is in talks </a>for the part but nothing has been confirmed by Sony.&nbsp;<br /></span><br /><br /><a class="" href="http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/ranked-every-james-bond-film-from-best-to-worst-20151105" target="_blank" title="Link: http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/ranked-every-james-bond-film-from-best-to-worst-20151105">READ MORE:&nbsp;Ranked: Every James Bond Film From Best To Worst</a><br /><br /> Mendes even added that fans shouldn't be campaigning for their choice in the next lead since the decision is based solely on the series' producer.&nbsp;<br /><br /> <span class="s1">&quot;It's not a democracy ... Barbara Broccoli decides who is going to be the next Bond, end of story,&quot; he said adding that Broccoli chose Craig, who at the time had &quot;zero&quot; support from fans.</span><br /><br /><a class="" title="Link: null" href="http://www.indiewire.com/email" target="_blank">Stay on top of the latest breaking film and TV news! Sign up for our Festivals newsletter here</a>.<br /><br />Sat, 28 May 2016 22:32:27 GMThttp://www.indiewire.com/article/sam-mendes-not-directing-next-james-bond-movie-20160528Liz Calvario2016-05-28T22:32:27Z'Popstar' Freestyle Video Shows Andy Samberg Expertly Rapping About Banana Phoneshttp://www.indiewire.com/article/popstar-andy-samberg-rap-im-a-weirdo-freestyle-video-20160528
<span class="s1"></span><br /><br /> <span class="s1">Andy Samberg has done it again, given fans another fresh rap to get stuck in your head. The star of the upcoming film “Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping” released a new music video, called &quot;I'm a Weirdo Freestyle,&quot; where his charter Conner4Real raps about him, well, being weird.</span><br /><br /> Joined by a posse, the rapper spits some of the dopest freestyle rhymes, discussing his weirdness, a psychiatric evaluation he had, his favorite film &quot;Driving Miss Daisy&quot; and how he uses a banana as a telephone.&nbsp;<br /><br /> <span class="s1"><a class="" title="Link: null" href="http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/watch-its-like-mccartney-meets-kanye-in-new-trailer-for-the-lonely-islands-popstar-never-stop-never-stopping-20160314" target="_blank">READ MORE: Watch: It's Like McCartney Meets Kanye In New Trailer For The Lonely Island's 'Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping'</a></span><br /><br /> <span class="s1">The Lonely Island song is definitely NSFW but will give you something to chuckle about. &quot;I'm a Weirdo&quot; is the fourth song released by the group for the upcoming mockumentary. Fans have already heard &quot;<a class="" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzbAEHdy8oU" target="_blank" title="Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzbAEHdy8oU">I'm So Humble</a>&quot; featuring Adam Levine, &quot;<a class="" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dh2Lky730q0" target="_blank">Mona Lisa</a>&quot; and &quot;<a class="" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Furu85z090" target="_blank">Finest Girl (Bin Laden Song)</a>.&quot;</span><br /><br /> Directed by Jorma Taccone and Akiva Schaffer, the comedy follows Connor4Real, a world-famous recording artist and the ups and downs in his career. Imogen Poots, Sarah Silverman, Tim Meadows, Will Forte, Martin Sheen and Maya Rudolph also star.&nbsp;<br /><br /> <span class="s1">&quot;Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping&quot; arrives in theaters on June 3.&nbsp;</span><br /><br /><span class="s1"><a class="" title="Link: null" href="http://www.indiewire.com/email" target="_blank">Stay on top of the latest breaking film and TV news! Sign up for our Festivals newsletter here</a>.<br /></span><br /><br />Sat, 28 May 2016 20:27:08 GMThttp://www.indiewire.com/article/popstar-andy-samberg-rap-im-a-weirdo-freestyle-video-20160528Liz Calvario2016-05-28T20:27:08Z'The Man From Earth' To Get Sequel, With Vanessa Williams Toplining The Sci-Fi Cult Continuationhttp://www.indiewire.com/article/the-man-from-earth-sequel-vanessa-williams-sterling-knight-20160528
<span class="s1">In 2007 the sci-fi film &quot;The Man from Earth,&quot; directed by Richard Schenkman and written by Jerome Bixby, was released and quickly became a cult classic. Now, almost a decade later, a sequel titled &quot;The Man From Earth: Holocene,&quot; is in the works with Vanessa Williams, Sterling Knight, Brittany Curran, Carlos Knight and Akemi Look as part of the cast.</span><br /><br /> <span class="s1">The film will also include original lead, David Lee Smith and William Katt and see the return of Schenkman as director.&nbsp;</span><br /><br />Details of the sequel's storyline are being kept secret at the time. &quot;The Man From Earth: Holocene&quot; is based on a story by Schenkman &amp; producer Eric D. Wilkinson. The script is co-written by Schenkman and Bixby's son, Emerson Bixby, who also serves as executive producer through his Falling Sky Entertainment Banner.&nbsp;<br /><br /> <span class="s1"><a class="" href="http://www.indiewire.com/article/jeff-daniels-steven-soderbergh-netflix-western-series-godless-scott-frank-20160527" target="_blank" title="Link: http://www.indiewire.com/article/jeff-daniels-steven-soderbergh-netflix-western-series-godless-scott-frank-20160527">READ MORE: Jeff Daniels In Talks To Appear In Steven Soderbergh's Netflix Western Series</a></span><br /><br /> <span class="s1">&quot;People have been asking for this since the first movie became a viral phenomenon,&quot; Schenkman said in a <a class="" href="http://variety.com/2016/film/news/vanessa-williams-sterling-knight-man-from-earth-2-1201784728/" target="_blank">Variety</a> article. &quot;Over the years, I've spent time developing this property with the ultimate goal of creating a long-form series. I've had a lot of help from a number of really talented people, and stunning support from fans all over the world. It's been a long road, but now that we're about to start shooting, I could not be more excited.&quot;<br /></span><br /> <span class="s1">Filming for the movie is set to to begin in June, with an expected 2017 release.&nbsp;</span><br /><br /> <span class="s1">The original film told the story of John Oldman (Smith), a man who has lived for a millennia and has to keep moving on to hide his secret. &quot;The Man From Earth&quot; debuted at Comic-Con, then made its way through the festival circuit before it was released by Starz/Anchor Bay Entertainment.&nbsp;<br /></span><br />See the first poster for &quot;The Man From Earth: Holocene&quot; below:<br /><br /><div id="article-tags"></div><div class="article-body"><a class="" title="Link: null" href="http://www.indiewire.com/email" target="_blank">Stay on top of the latest breaking film and TV news! Sign up for our Festivals newsletter here</a>.<br /><br /></div>Sat, 28 May 2016 19:24:30 GMThttp://www.indiewire.com/article/the-man-from-earth-sequel-vanessa-williams-sterling-knight-20160528Liz Calvario2016-05-28T19:24:30Z'Warcraft' Soundtrack: Listen To The Epic Orchestral Work For Free Ahead Of Film's Opening<br /><br /><span class="s1">&quot;Warcraft&quot; doesn’t open in theaters until June 10, but if you're a die-hard fan of the Blizzard Entertainment gaming phenomenon, get pumped-up for the action-film by listening to the entire soundtrack before its release.&nbsp;</span><br /><br /> <span class="s1">Back Lot Music has the full 19-song score, composed by Grammy-nominated composer Ramin Djawadi, available to stream on <a class="" href="https://soundcloud.com/backlotmusic/sets/warcraft-soundtrack-ramin-djawadi" target="_blank" title="Link: https://soundcloud.com/backlotmusic/sets/warcraft-soundtrack-ramin-djawadi">Soundcloud</a>. The legendary soundtrack features epic orchestrated tunes that can give you a feel of what's to be expected when the film lands in theaters.</span><br /><br /> <span class="s1"><a class="" href="http://www.indiewire.com/article/warcraft-reviews-duncan-jones-video-game-movies-20160525" target="_blank" title="Link: http://www.indiewire.com/article/warcraft-reviews-duncan-jones-video-game-movies-20160525">READ MORE: 'Warcraft' Review Roundup: Critics Say Game Over To Duncan Jones' MMORPG Adaptation</a></span><br /><br /> <span class="s1">Directed by Duncan Jones, the adaptation of the mega-popular video game, written by Jones and Charles Leavitt, tells the story of the struggle between the kingdom of Azeroth and the orc warriors who invade their land in order to save their way of life. After a portal opens that connect the two worlds, one army faces destruction, while the other faces extinction.</span><br /><br /> <span class="s1">While the reviews for the film have been less than amazing, the CGI feature is already doing wonders in international markets, opening in first place in 11 countries with a total of $9.3 million thus far.</span><br /><br /> <span class="s1">The soundtrack for &quot;Warcraft&quot; will be available for purchase on June 3 but you can stream it for free below:</span><br /><br /><span class="s1"><a class="" title="Link: null" href="http://www.indiewire.com/email" target="_blank">Stay on top of the latest breaking film and TV news! Sign up for our Festivals newsletter here.</a><br /></span><br />Sat, 28 May 2016 18:32:08 GMTLiz Calvario2016-05-28T18:32:08ZDumbfoundead's 'Safe' Video Skewers The Lack Of Asian Actors In American Cinemahttp://www.indiewire.com/article/dumbfoundeads-video-safe-lack-of-asian-actors-20160528
<span class="s1"><br /></span><br /><span class="s1">Jonathan Park, known as rapper Dumbfoundead, released a music video for his song &quot;Safe&quot; in which he discusses the whitewashing problem in Hollywood and how easy it would be to cast Asian American actors in lead roles.&nbsp;</span><br /><br /> <span class="s1">&quot;After the last Academy Awards and the regular whitewashing of Hollywood roles, I wrote this song and made this video to add my piece to the conversation,&quot; the Korean-American artist wrote in the description of the music video.&nbsp;</span><br /><br /> <span class="s1">Directed by Jay Ahn, the video shows the rapper's face edited on famous characters including Jack Dawson from &quot;Titantic,&quot; Captain Jack Sparrow, Iron Man, as Jay Gatsby in &quot;The Great Gatsby&quot; and many more iconic roles played by white men.&nbsp;</span><br /><br /><span class="s1"><a class="" title="Link: null" href="http://www.indiewire.com/article/constance-wu-talks-roles-in-hollywood-asian-american-actors-fresh-off-the-boat-20160526" target="_blank">READ MORE:&nbsp;Constance Wu: Asian Actors Must 'Train Like It's the Olympics' to Be Considered For Roles Against White Actor</a></span><br /><br /> <span class="s1">The video adds to the ongoing Hollywood whitewashing discussion that showcases how few leading roles and opportunities there are for Asian actors and people of color in Hollywood.</span><br /><br /> According to a new article in <a class="" title="Link: null" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/29/movies/asian-american-actors-are-fighting-for-visibility-they-will-not-be-ignored.html?smid=tw-nytimesarts&amp;smtyp=cur&amp;_r=2" target="_blank">The New York Times</a> titled, &quot;Asian-American Actors Are Fighting for Visibility. They Will Not Be Ignored,&quot; only 1.4 percent of lead characters in a sample of studio films released in 2014 were Asian.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.indiewire.com/article/indie-films-casting-asian-actors-whitewashing-hollywood-tv-independent-movies" title="Link: http://www.indiewire.com/article/indie-films-casting-asian-actors-whitewashing-hollywood-tv-independent-movies" target="_blank">READ MORE: Hollywood's Asian Whitewashing: Why It Happens So Often, And Why It Must Be Stopped</a><br /><br /> <span class="s1">The conversation was reignited after white actors like Scarlett Johansson and Tilda Swinton were cast in roles originally written as Asian. Social campaigns like <a class="" href="http://www.indiewire.com/article/margaret-cho-whitewashing-doctor-strange-ghost-in-the-shell-20160502" target="_blank">#WhitewashedOUT</a>, <a class="" href="http://www.indiewire.com/article/hollywood-whitewashing-starring-john-cho-asian-actor-photoshop-20160510" target="_blank">#StarringJohnCho</a> and <a class="" title="Link: null" href="http://www.indiewire.com/article/starring-constance-wu-hashtag-hollywood-white-washing-asian-actress-photoshop-20160519" target="_blank">#StarringConstanceWu</a> have also added to the discussion, with hopes that the industry will take notice and make changes.&nbsp;</span><br /><br /> <span class="s1">&quot;The sky is the limit, any minute now they gonna let an Asian brotha’ get a lead role,&quot; raps Dumbfoundead.</span><br /><br /> <span class="s1">Watch the video for &quot;Safe&quot; above.</span><br /><br /><span class="s1"><a href="http://www.indiewire.com/email" title="Link: http://www.indiewire.com/email" target="_blank">Stay on top of the latest breaking film and TV news! Sign up for our Festivals newsletter here.</a><br /></span><br /><br />Sat, 28 May 2016 17:44:50 GMThttp://www.indiewire.com/article/dumbfoundeads-video-safe-lack-of-asian-actors-20160528Liz Calvario2016-05-28T17:44:50ZQuicksilver's 'X Men: Apocalypse' Scene: Video Shows How The Amazing Slow Motion Was Shot<span class="s1"><br />&quot;X-Men: Apocalypse&quot; is in now in theaters and looking to top the box office for Memorial Day weekend. While it may not have garnered as much attention and praise from critics as &quot;X-Men: Days of Future Past,&quot; things are still looking good for the mutant superhero action flick.&nbsp;</span><br /><br /> <span class="s1">In a new featurette for the latest film, audiences get a behind-the-scenes look at Quicksilver's (Evan Peters) epic slow-mo &quot;Extraction&quot; scene, outlining how they were able to pull it off.&nbsp;</span><br /><br /> <span class="s1"><a class="" title="Link: null" href="http://www.indiewire.com/article/best-x-men-movies-rank-wolverine-x2-apocalypse-first-class-ranking" target="_blank">READ MORE:&nbsp;</a></span><a class="" href="http://www.indiewire.com/article/best-x-men-movies-rank-wolverine-x2-apocalypse-first-class-ranking" target="_blank" title="Link: http://www.indiewire.com/article/best-x-men-movies-rank-wolverine-x2-apocalypse-first-class-ranking">All of the X-Men Movies Ranked From Worst to Best</a><br /><br /><span class="s1">In the scene the mansion is imploding so Quicksilver has to go in and save everyone who's in there. Director Bryan Singer explains that they used some of the most advanced technology for this elaborate sequence.&nbsp;</span><br /><br /> <span class="s1">For the slow motion the team used a phantom camera that runs 3,000 prints per second so it can freeze real-time. &quot;To put that in perspective, something that happens in a blink of an eye turns into about 15-seconds,&quot; explained utility stunts Charles William Shults.&nbsp;</span><br /><br /><span class="s1"><a class="" title="Link: null" href="http://www.indiewire.com/article/x-men-apocalypse-review-bryan-singer-jennifer-lawrence" target="_blank">READ MORE:&nbsp;Review: 'X-Men: Apocalypse' Is One of the Most Audacious Superhero Movies Ever Made</a></span><br /><br /> <span class="s1">The amazing clip shows the stuntmen rehearsing, the camera moving at close to 90mph, explosions, objects being thrown in all directions and so much more. The result is quite impressive, check it out for yourself in the video above.&nbsp;</span><br /><br /> At this moment, according <a class="" href="http://variety.com/2016/film/news/box-office-x-men-johnny-depp-alice-1201784858/" target="_blank">to reports,</a> it looks like &quot;Apocalypse&quot; will bring in $80 million in the U.S. over the four day weekend - doubling &quot;Alice Through the Looking Glass.&quot;<br /><br />Read Indiewire's review by clicking <a class="" href="http://www.indiewire.com/article/x-men-apocalypse-review-bryan-singer-jennifer-lawrence" target="_blank">here.</a><br /><br /><a class="" title="Link: null" href="http://www.indiewire.com/email" target="_blank">Stay on top of the latest breaking film and TV news! Sign up for our Festivals newsletter here</a>.<br /><br />Sat, 28 May 2016 16:33:58 GMTLiz Calvario2016-05-28T16:33:58ZJohn Carpenter Slams The Original 'Friday The 13th': It 'Doesn’t Rise Above its Cheapness'http://www.indiewire.com/article/john-carpenter-calls-friday-the-13th-cheap-halloween-director-20160528
<span class="s1">John Carpenter paved the way for the slasher genre in 1978 with his thriller &quot;Halloween.&quot; Remembered as one of the best horror films of its kind, there's no surprise that after the mega-successful flick was released, copies soon followed.&nbsp;</span><br /><br /> <span class="s1">Speaking with author and screenwriter&nbsp;<a class="" href="http://podcastone.com/pg/jsp/program/episode.jsp?programID=592&amp;pid=1651663" target="_blank" title="Link: http://podcastone.com/pg/jsp/program/episode.jsp?programID=592&amp;pid=1651663">Bret Easton Ellis</a>, the helmer discussed the horror films that came after his iconic picture and compared Sean Cunningham's &quot;Friday the 13th&quot; and &quot;The Texas Chain Saw Massacre&quot; to &quot;Halloween.&quot;</span><br /><br /> <span class="s1">&quot;One sprints from an organic idea and has a truly artist's eye working,&quot; he stated. &quot;And 'Friday the 13th,' I feel, affects me as very cynical. It's very cynical moviemaking. It just doesn't rise above its cheapness.&quot;</span><br /><br /> <span class="s1"><a class="" title="Link: null" href="http://www.indiewire.com/article/halloween-movie-john-carpenter-producing-sequel-20160524" target="_blank">READ MORE: 'Halloween': John Carpenter to Produce 11th Film, the 'Scariest of Them All'</a></span><br /><br /> <span class="s1">Adding, &quot;I think the reason that all these slasher movies came in the '80s was a lot of folks said, 'Look at that 'Halloween' movie. It was made for peanuts, and look at the money it's made! We can make money like that. That's what the teenagers want to see. So they just started making them, cranking them out… most of them were awful.&quot;</span><br /><br /> <span class="s1">&quot;Halloween&quot; was created with a budget of $325,000 and grossed $47 million, making it one of those most profitable indie movies of all-time. It's no wonder everyone else jumped on board the horror train.&nbsp;</span><br /><br /> <span class="s1"><a class="" title="Link: null" href="http://www.indiewire.com/article/mike-flanagan-talks-direct-john-carpenter-halloween-sequel-20160524" target="_blank">READ MORE: Mike Flanagan In Talks To Direct John Carpenter's 'Halloween' Sequel</a></span><br /><br /> <span class="s1">Now, 10 films later, Carpenter is returning to the franchise to executive produce the 11th installment alongside Jason Blum, whose Blumhouse Productions will co-finance the film along with Miramax.</span><br /><br /> <span class="s1">&quot;Thirty-eight years after the original 'Halloween. I’m going to help to try to make the 10th sequel the scariest of them all,&quot;</span>said Carpenter when the news was announced.<br /><br /> <span class="s1">We're ready!</span>&nbsp;<br /><br /><a href="http://www.indiewire.com/email" title="Link: http://www.indiewire.com/email">Stay on top of the latest breaking film and TV news! Sign up for our Festivals newsletter here.</a><br /><br />Sat, 28 May 2016 15:46:03 GMThttp://www.indiewire.com/article/john-carpenter-calls-friday-the-13th-cheap-halloween-director-20160528Liz Calvario2016-05-28T15:46:03Z'Mad Max: Fury Road' and More Great Films' Editing Techniques Outlined in Creative Videohttp://www.indiewire.com/article/furious-film-editing-video-mad-max-fury-road-taken-3-the-bourne-ultimatum-20160527
<span class="s1"><br />Film editing is an art that oftentimes goes unnoticed by the general public, but when dissected and really examined, editors are one of the most hard working and talented artists in the industry. In a video titled, &quot;<a class="" href="http://vashivisuals.com/the-fastest_cut/" target="_blank" title="Link: http://vashivisuals.com/the-fastest_cut/">The Fastest Cut: Furious Film Editing</a>,&quot; Vashi Nedomansky cut together five films, &quot;Mad Max: Fury Road,&quot; &quot;The Bourne Ultimatum,&quot; &quot;Domino,&quot; &quot;Resident Evil: Apocalypse&quot; and &quot;Taken 3,&quot; that all have roughly 3,000 shots and sped them up to 12 times their normal speed to show how comprehensible they would still be. Note, the average film has around 1,250 individual shots.&nbsp;</span><br /><br /> &quot;This bird's eye view at high speed is something I often use as an editor to help judge the pacing and visual variety of my own work&quot; Vashi writes. &quot;By pushing the boundary of human information intake, it helps me spot trends, patterns and gives me an overall feeling of the visual mosaic I am creating at that moment. By speeding up the footage I can literally see WHERE in the frame the energy and emphasis exists and I use that information to my advantage.&quot;<br /><br /> <span class="s1"><a class="" title="Link: null" href="http://www.indiewire.com/article/old-age-makeup-video-hollywood-actors-really-marlon-brando-al-pacino-20160526" target="_blank">READ MORE: 'Old Age Makeup' Video Essay Compares How Actors Like Brando Were Styled, Versus How They Actually Aged</a></span><br /><br /> <span class="s1">Nedomansky&nbsp;writes that &quot;Fury Road&quot; is clearly one of the most &quot;comprehensible and digestible while still viscerally effective.&quot; The 10-minute video is pretty impressive, showing that the craftsmanship that went into the George Miller-directed film is top-notch!</span><br /><br /><span class="s1">Check out the results in the video above. Enjoy!</span><br /><br /> <span class="s1"></span><a class="" title="Link: null" href="http://www.indiewire.com/email" target="_blank">Stay on top of the latest breaking film and TV news! Sign up for our Festivals newsletter here.</a><br /><br /><br />Fri, 27 May 2016 23:13:38 GMThttp://www.indiewire.com/article/furious-film-editing-video-mad-max-fury-road-taken-3-the-bourne-ultimatum-20160527Liz Calvario2016-05-27T23:13:38Z'Americana' Exclusive Poster: An Alcoholic Film Editor Tries To Solve His Sister's Murder&quot;Americana&quot; follows Avery Wells (David Call), a once prominent film editor who has spent years destroying his life and career with rampant alcohol abuse. He wakes up from a forced detox session in an uncertain location to see film producer Caleb (Jack Davenport) who has brought Avery to San Francisco to complete the edit on a film stuck in post-production starring Avery's sister Kate (Kelli Garner). Though Avery tries to stay clean and reconnect with his family, he starts to receive phone calls from a mysterious stranger threatening to reveal Avery's secrets. When Kate ends up murdered, Avery has to put together the pieces of her killing all the while struggling to keep his judgment clear and addiction at bay. Take a look at the exclusive poster above.<br /><br /><a class="" href="http://www.indiewire.com/article/project-of-the-day-americana-20140729" target="_blank" title="Link: http://www.indiewire.com/article/project-of-the-day-americana-20140729">READ MORE:&nbsp;Project of the Day: 'Americana'</a><br /><br />Zachary Shedd&nbsp;is the co-founding filmmaker behind Flies Collective, which produced such films like Matthew Petock's &quot;A Little Closer&quot; and Daniel Patrick Carbone's &quot;Hide Your Smiling Faces.&quot; &quot;Americana&quot; is his feature-length debut. David Call has appeared in Josh Mond's &quot;James White&quot; and Lena Dunham's &quot;Tiny Furniture&quot;; he also had recurring roles on &quot;Gossip Girl,&quot; &quot;Rescue Me,&quot; &quot;Mercy,&quot; &quot;Fringe,&quot; &quot;Smash,&quot; and most recently &quot;The Magicians.&quot; Jack Davenport is best known for his role as James Norrington in the &quot;Pirates of the Caribbean&quot; series, Peter Smith-Kingsley in &quot;The Talented Mr. Ripley,&quot; and as Steve Taylor on Steven Moffat BBC2 series &quot;Coupling.&quot; Kelli Garner made her debut in Larry Clark's &quot;Bully,&quot; and went on to appear in Martin Scorsese's &quot;The Aviator,&quot; Mike Mills' &quot;Thumbsucker,&quot; and a main role on ABC's period drama &quot;Pan Am.&quot;<br /><br />&quot;Americana&quot; will premiere on June 9th at the Seattle International Film Festival. Watch a trailer for the film below.<br /><br /><iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/162203793?color=ffffff&amp;title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0" webkitallowfullscreen="" mozallowfullscreen="" allowfullscreen=""></iframe> <a href="https://vimeo.com/162203793">Americana - Teaser Trailer</a> from <a href="https://vimeo.com/fliescollective">Flies Collective</a> on <a href="https://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.<br /><br /><br /><a class="" title="Link: null" href="http://blogs.indiewire.com/thompsononhollywood/exclusive-seattle-international-film-festival-awards-50-000-grants-to-two-documentaries-on-aging-20160126" target="_blank">READ MORE:&nbsp;EXCLUSIVE: Seattle International Film Festival Awards $50,000 Grants to Two Documentaries on Aging</a><br /><br /><a class="" title="Link: null" href="http://www.indiewire.com/email" target="_blank">Stay on top of the latest breaking film and TV news! Sign up for our Festivals newsletter here</a>.Fri, 27 May 2016 22:18:01 GMTVikram Murthi2016-05-27T22:18:01ZSarah Silverman Is A 'Zero-Time Academy Award Nominee' In Her 'Under Oath' Spoof Trailerhttp://www.indiewire.com/article/sarah-silverman-under-oath-spoof-trailer-late-night-seth-meyers-20160527
<span class="s1"><br />Sarah Silverman is putting comedy in the back seat and trying her hand at drama once again. The actress and comedian appeared on &quot;Late Night With Seth Meyers&quot; on Thursday to premiere the spoof trailer for her prestigious new film &quot;Under Oath.&quot;</span><br /><br /> <span class="s1">Starring an Academy Award-winning cast which includes Sean Penn, Tilda Swinton, Forest Whitaker and Judi Dench, the narrator starts off by questioning why Silverman is part of this star-studded group, which also includes Academy Award nominee Edward Norton, Laura Dern, and Glenn Close.</span><br /><br /> <span class="s1">&quot;And zero time Academy Award-winner or nominee Sarah Silverman,&quot; the voiceover says. &quot;Critics are calling 'Under Oath' mesmerizing, thought provoking, deeply resonant with captivating performances from some of Hollywood’s most acclaimed actors…and Sarah Silverman is in it.&quot;</span><br /><br /><span class="s1"><a class="" title="Link: null" href="http://www.indiewire.com/article/neightbors-3-fear-the-walking-dead-parody-seth-rogen-zac-efron-20160521" target="_blank">READ MORE:&nbsp;Seth Rogen &amp; Zac Efron Spoof 'Fear The Walking Dead' In 'Neighbors 3' Parody Video</a></span><br /><br /> <span class="s1">&quot;Come on man!,&quot; yells the actress in the video. &quot;I had a really good audition and I earned that part,&quot; she says as she continues to get frustrated with the narrator overlooking her talent. During the comedic trailer, it also shows quotes from The Hollywood Reporter saying, &quot;Silverman must have been pretty nervous being on set with all those legendary actors&quot; and the AV Club writing, &quot;Every person in this movie is an Award winner except for one.&quot;</span><br /><br /> <span class="s1">At one point Silverman can't take it anymore and yells that she has two Emmys, but the video continues naming a list of awards that she hasn't received including the Mexican Medal of Military Merit Award, which supposedly Cate Blanchett has. Watch the epic trailer above.&nbsp;</span><br /><br /><span class="s1"><a class="" title="Link: null" href="http://www.indiewire.com/email" target="_blank">Stay on top of the latest breaking film and TV news! Sign up for our Festivals newsletter here</a>.<br /></span><br /><br /><span class="s1"></span><br /><br />Fri, 27 May 2016 22:10:07 GMThttp://www.indiewire.com/article/sarah-silverman-under-oath-spoof-trailer-late-night-seth-meyers-20160527Liz Calvario2016-05-27T22:10:07Z